The appeal trial on the verdict for French citizen Clerk Theo Hugo, New Zealand citizen De-Saint Quentin Ismael, and Australian citizen Han Paul, who are accused of secretly entering the Baku metro depot and painting several train wagons, has begun, APA reports. At today's session in the Baku Court of Appeal, presided over by Judge Ibrahim Ibrahimli, questionnaire information was clarified. Passenger cars collided in Azerbaijan's Khudat, 2 people died Due to the temporary closure of airspace over Iran, International airlines headed to Baku airport for emergency landing Defendants De-Saint Quentin Ismael and Han Paul submitted a request to the court to withdraw their appeal. By the court decision, their appeal was dismissed. The lawyer of the accused Clerk Theo Hugo, Elchin Sadigov, filed two motions in court. He requested that the court conduct an investigation and that the detention measure for the defendant to be replaced with house arrest. The state prosecutor, Emin Mirzayev, requested that the mot ions be denied. The motions were not granted. The review court hearing is scheduled for October 28. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan noted that the investigations revealed that Australian citizen P. Han Paul, New Zealand citizen Ismael De Saint Quent, and French citizen Clerc Theqo Hugo illegally entered the depot belonging to "Baku Metro" Closed Joint-Stock Company on the night of March 30, 2024, and are suspected of deliberately damaging the state property. Since the act constituted a crime, a criminal case was initiated under the relevant article of the Criminal Code, and the French citizen Clerc Theqo Hugo was sentenced to three months of imprisonment by a court decision, while non-custodial preventive measures were applied to the others. By the verdict of the Narimanov District Court, Clerk Theo Hugo was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment. The other individuals were fined 6,800 AZN. They have fully compensated the damage caused to the affected organization. Source: Azeri-Press News Agency